FIRE chiefs and neighbours hailed a teenage girl a heroine for rescuing her two sisters from a blaze at their home.

Last night two adults rescued from the burning house by firefighters were critically ill in hospital.

Alisha Williams threw the laptop she received as a Christmas present through a downstairs window of the semi-detached house in Trafford Park, Penrhyn Bay.

She helped her sister Louise, eight, out of the window then passed baby Sophia through it before breaking another window to make her own escape.

The 13-year-old then raised the alarm and told neighbours, who heard her screams for help, that her mum and two other adults were still in the house.

Three men, Gareth Owen, Ray Jones and his 21-year-old son David, tried to get into the house but were beaten back by thick, black smoke.

Taxi driver Ray, 50, who lives across the street, was woken by his wife who had heard breaking glass in the early hours of yesterday.

“When I got outside I saw the three children and went across the road and booted the door in and went inside,” he said.

“But the smoke was too thick and Gaz (Gareth Owen) and I were forced back. I went back and got a ladder while David tried to smash the upstairs window with a rock.

“By the time I got back the first fire engine was just arriving.”

Mr Owen, 47, added: “Ray kicked the door in and I got as far as the stairs. I could hear voices upstairs but the smoke was so thick. I took my T-shirt off and tried to put that over my head and got up a couple of steps before realising I couldn’t get any further.

“But I’m no hero, Alisha’s the one who got her sisters out and called for help.”

Another neighbour, Gill Jones, who also dialled 999, added: “She deserves a bravery award. She got her sisters out of the house and then started screaming for help.”

North Wales Fire Service spokesman Gary Brandrick said the children were all sleeping in a downstairs bedroom of the semi-detached house when Alisha was woken by a smoke alarm.

Praising Alisha’s brave actions, Mr Brandrick said: “Her actions helped to ensure she and her two sisters escaped safely. She notified us of the fire and of the fact there were a further three adults in the upstairs of the building.”

The adults – the children’s mum Carys, 32, and a 32-year-old woman and 38-year-old man who have not been named – were carried to safety by firefighters.

Last night Mrs Williams was in a stable condition in Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan. The other two adults were said to be in a critical condition. All three suffered from smoke inhalation.

Five fire appliances from Llandudno, Colwyn Bay and Rhyl were sent to the scene after the alarm was raised just after 12.30am.

Mr Brandrick added: “The children were alerted to the fire by a smoke alarm. We carried out a home fire safety check at the address in September last year, when we fitted two smoke alarms and advised the family of fire safety precautions they should take – such as testing the smoke alarms regularly, the importance of having a night-time routine and of formulating a family escape plan.”

A joint police and fire service investigation was under way last night to establish the cause of the fire.

Neighbours said the family had lived in the rented house for about a year. Alisha is a pupil at nearby Ysgol y Creuddyn and was described as a “lovely, lively teenager” by neighbours.